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CVE-2015-0856

daemon/Greeter.cpp in sddm before 0.13.0 does not properly disable the KDE crash handler, which allows local users to ga

daemon/Greeter.cpp in sddm before 0.13.0 does not properly disable the KDE crash handler, which allows local users to gain privileges by crashing a greeter when using certain themes, as demonstrated by the plasma-workspace breeze theme.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6 EPSS 0.00167
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
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Affected Products & Versions

2
fedoraproject fedoraall versions
sddm project sddm<= 0.12.0
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Scoring & Timeline

4.6
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · security@debian.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD24 Nov 2015 · 08:59 PM
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Vendor Advisories

1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10135-1
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References & Sources

5
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171443.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/14/2Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77099Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://github.com/sddm/sddm/commit/4cfed6b0a625593fb43876f04badc4dd99799d86Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/sddm/sddm/wiki/0.13.0-Release-AnnouncementVendor Advisory
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